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Spot Forecast for Bowles Command...Benton County Fire Dist. #1
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
410 PM PDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 PDT on April 23.
***Thunderstorms imply gusty and erratic winds***
***Winds are 20 foot 10-minute averages***
***CWR-Chance of wetting rain 0.10 or greater***

If you have questions or concerns with this forecast, please
contact our office at (541) 276-8134.

.DISCUSSION...Main concern is a weak cold front moving across the
incident tomorrow promoting increasing west winds. Gusts commonly
around 20 mph are expected in the afternoon tomorrow with 40-50%
chances for infrequent, peak gusts greater than 30 mph. Dry
weather and slightly above average temps with good RH recovery
overnight. Similar high temps tomorrow with slightly higher
afternoon humidity. Light winds will persist rest of today through
tonight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....72-74.
Min humidity........17-19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northwest after 5 PM.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 5 mph turning northwest after 5 PM.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....37-40.
Max humidity........75-80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    south around 5 overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest shifting to the south southwest
                    around 5 mph overnight
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....71-73.
Min humidity........24-29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph shifting west and
                    increasing to 8 to 11 mph with gusts 16 to
                    22 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL
Transport winds.....Southwest shifting to the west around 10 to
                    15 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Townsend
Requested by...A. Bibe
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2411673.1/PDT
.DELDT 04/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Aaron@bentonone.org